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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[BTH. ANN. 39 



therefore fragmentary. In a later volume the complete number of 

 these songs will be given as a part of the ritual of the Tho'-xe gens 

 when their supplicatory significance will become clear. 



Personal names were taken from the first song of this group as 

 follows : 



1. Mo°-no°'-ti-de, He-whose-tread-makes-the-earth-rumble, a name 

 descriptive of the noise made by a running herd of bulls. 



2. Hiu'-gthe-to°-ga, Great-tliighs, a name referring to the great 

 strength in the thighs of a bull. 



3. 9i°'-dse-xa-tha, Tail-curved-back, the name indicates the man- 

 ner in which an angry bull holds his tail over liis back. 



4. A'-ba-t'u-xa, Hmnped-shoulder, a name depicting the shape of 

 the bull's shoulder which gives the animal a formidable aspect. 



5. Pa-lii'-ga-zho°, Shakes-his-mane, the name refers to a wounded 

 buU that shakes his mane in rage when brought to bay. 



6. He-thi'-sdu-zha, Curved-horns, a name referring to the hook- 

 shaped horns of the yoimg bull and to its power to inflict wounds 

 upon his enemy like knife-cuts. The right horn of the young bull 

 symbolizes the knife of the Ho°'-ga warrior, and the left the knife 

 of the Tsi'-zhu warrior, when used as a weapon against the foe (see 

 pp. 64-249). 



The A'-ki-ho° Xo'-ka, his assistant singers, and the Xo'-ka, Avith 

 his initiate, rise when the bufl'alo bull songs are about to be sung, 

 and remain standing throughout the singing of this group. 



A free translation of the first two lines of each stanza will suffice 

 to give its meaning, the other two lines being repetitions. 



M.M.J =73 



Song 1. 

 (Osage version, p. 45S; literal translation, p. 5S4.) 



Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



Time beats 



Wi 



r r 



tha - iio"-zhin no", wi - tha - noi-zliin, 



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r r ^ r • r r . 



tlia.iio"-zhin.e,Mo''.no'>-ti.de, Wi - tha-non.zhi» non wi - 







tha-no^-zhi" Wi - tha-no°-zhi"-e,wi - 



r r 



tha-no"-zhi" no" 



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